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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
6
Prof. Munda Bernardi of Rome completes duties as delegate to the International Labor Conference and begins study of wartime camp community service in the United States.
The Myrkle-Harder Company reveals an ambitious season featuring The House of Glass the Truth Lilac Time Sis Hopkins and A Young Girl's Romance. Strider selects a strong cast to offer previously unproduced works at popular prices.
The Stratton presents The Broken Butterfly starring Penelope Knapp in Maurice Tourneur’s drama with Gaument News. Shows at 7 and 9, matinee and night performances priced 15 cents admission plus war tax. Also features A Dangerous Affair with Herbert Rawlinson at Show Shop plus Fox News and a Chinese underworld feature The Midnight Patrol at Show Shop on Christmas day.
Frank Keenan portrays John Benton in The False Code, a Pathe picture arriving at the Show Shop for Friday matinee and night shows. The plot follows a diabolical scheme to ruin a man’s name and fortune, with tragedy and a daughter left to cope after the wife’s death.
An advertisement hails the Times Press as a premier advertising medium with no regional rival in this section and more than twenty thousand daily readers.
The State Hospital hosts a full Christmas day with breakfast, gifts, and a large dinner menu including roast turkey and oyster dressing. The Hiams orchestra will perform from 2 to 4 pm followed by a reception and dance in the evening. Superintendent Ashley will be away for Christmas Day, with Miss Reta J. Ashier visiting from Washington.
A patient reports long term scalp trouble with dandruff and scales. They describe a dry irritated scalp, redness, and hair shedding during combing, lasting for about a year.
In July he joined Beach Savings Bank and Trust Company after moving from the Guaranty Trust of Los Angeles two weeks ago. The transfer brought a promotion and higher pay, with his old bank willing to match the raise but he chose to return home to Middletown. He asks to be remembered to former friends and sends cheerful Christmas wishes from the hospital.
The community lights the Christmas tree at the State Armory with stereopticon slides. St. Josephs and Zion churches host midnight mass and services. St John’s A E Zion marks a tree and exercises at 36 East Avenue. Elks prepare gifts for needy children, and Salvation Army baskets to feed six people are distributed Christmas morning.
Christmas activities fill the day with indoor baseball on the State Armory diamond at 2 o clock featuring the Junior Order of American Mechanics and McQueid Engine Company teams. A night basketball game pits Company I against the Lexington Invincibles Deaf Mutes champions of Greater New York. Dances and amusements follow at the Alleys and other venues as public and private gatherings unfold across town.
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